diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f2de67e..5ff0a08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
-name: Semantic Release
+name: Create New Release
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_dispatch:  # This ensures the workflow is only triggered manually
 
 jobs:
   release:
+    name: Create Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    concurrency: release
     permissions:
-      id-token: write
       contents: write
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+      actions: write
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Python Semantic Release
-        id: release
         uses: python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release@v9.12.0
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8a95a41..7e9b9e6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "early-stopping-pytorch"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "A PyTorch utility package for Early Stopping"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
@@ -15,8 +16,11 @@ dependencies = [
     "torch>=1.9.0"
 ]
 
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "early_stopping_pytorch.__version__"}
+
 [tool.semantic_release]
-version_variable = "early_stopping_pytorch/__init__.py:__version__"
+version_variable = ["early_stopping_pytorch/__init__.py:__version__"]
 branch = "main"
 upload_to_pypi = false
 build_command = "pip install build && python -m build"